About Me

Qualifications Summary

• Experienced AI and machine learning professional specialized in classification, optimization problems, and deep learning.
• Proven track record in leading advanced AI solutions, driving industry-wide projects, and enhancing data-driven technologies.
• 12+ years of programming experience (Python, JavaScript, Java, R) and 8+ years in machine learning, search, recommendation systems, NLP, and data mining.
• Ph.D. from Virginia Tech with 10+ years of research and development experience.
• Certified AWS Solutions Architect.
• 1 U.S. Patent on Deep Learning and 23 published papers with 1805 citations, H-index of 21, and I-10 index of 24.
• Awarded the 2021 Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award among all STEM majors at Virginia Tech.

Education

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering; GPA: 3.82
Dec. 2016 – July 2020

Dissertation: Distributed Machine Learning for Autonomous and Secure Cyber-physical Systems

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering; GPA: 3.9
Sept. 2011 – May 2016

Achievements

• Winner of 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Award in STEM at Virginia Tech.
• Winner of the Bill and Larue Blackwell Graduate Research Award.
• Recipient of 2017 Wireless@VT Fellowship.